BISEXUAL SADNESS

[NoHo Arts District, CA] – THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Founder/Artistic Director Taylor Gilbert together with Artistic Director Sam Anderson, announce the first show of their 2023-2024 season, the world premiere of BISEXUAL SADNESS, written by India Kotis and directed by Carlyle King.  

BISEXUAL SADNESS is about just that. Faye used to be with Genevieve. Now she’s getting married to Alex, and though she really truly loves him, she’s starting to have questions about what it means for the rest of her life.  How will she be viewed by the queer communities that have always been her home.  BISEXUAL SADNESS is about that specific loneliness of being a bisexual woman in love with a man, staring down the barrel of a lifetime of feeling that way. BISEXUAL SADNESS explores love, commitment, the security blanket of identity, and the inconvenience of fluidity. Is it BS? Or is it…Bisexual Sadness?

The Cast

BISEXUAL SADNESS is double cast. The “Edna St. Vincent Millay” cast will feature Tiffany Wolff as “Faye,” Alaska Jackson as “Genevieve,” Brian Graves as “Alex,” Karrie King as “Miranda,” Gloria Ines as “Naomi,” and Andrea Flowers as “Lillian.”

The “Roxane Gay” cast will feature Liz Fenning as “Faye,” Bex Taylor-Klaus as “Genevieve, Philip Smithey as “Alex,” Amy Tolsky as “Miranda,” Naomi Rubin as “Naomi,” and Samira Beija as “Lillian.”

The Creative Team

INDIA KOTIS (Playwright) is a playwright and anthropologist, chiefly interested in how and why the meanings of things change. Plays include Philia (James E. Michael Prize in Playwriting), Sybille Of Harrogate (G45 Productions); The Tangibles (Playscripts, Inc.) and more.  Her work has been taught alongside writers like Aleshea Harris and Martyna Majok at SUNY Purchase and elsewhere.  She has held fellowships with the Museum of the City of New York and the American Museum of Natural History, where she teaches courses on anthropology, archaeology, the natural world and the known universe. 

CARLYLE KING (Director) is an award-winning actress, writer, director, and producer in the theatre over the last 40 odd years. Recently she completed shooting all 8 episodes of “Smothered 2” with Mitch Hara and Jason Stuart and wrote and directed the soon-to-be-released short film “Sunny’s Closet” with Irina Maleeva.  Initially brought out here by John Houseman (she holds an MFA from USC), she has studied with Uta Hagen, Kim Stanley, Milton Katselas (to name a few).  She was co-artistic director at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills for two years and co-created their highly successful One Act Festival that led to NY productions, an HBO show and publications in Samuel French. She loves one-person shows and directed the world premiere of Tracy Silver’s one-woman show Motion Cures and the LA revival of Barrymore at the Marilyn Monroe theatre and recently Mitch Hara in Mutant Olive 2.0.  At The Road Theatre she starred in award winning Mud Blue Sky, produced numerous mainstage shows and 13 of their Playwrights Festival which is the largest playwright’s festival in the country. She is a member of the Road Theatre Artistic Board and created “Under Construction” which creates plays from the ground up. “Under Construction” playwrights are being produced all over the country, Steppenwolf producing one in the spring.         

Over the last 13 years, Carlyle has created “Kid Shakespeare” an afterschool drama program in Pasadena. Bringing Shakespeare to Grades 1-6.  She has taught at USC and South Coast Repertory. Coming up she is currently in negotiations to bring Martin Sherman’s Onassis to the United States and filming Mutant Olive 2.0 after its sold-out run.

The Design Team for BISEXUAL SADNESS is as follows: Scenic Design by Katrina Coulourides; Lighting Design by Derrick McDaniel; Sound Design by Christopher Moscatiello; Projection Design by Ben Rock; Props Design by Scottie Nevil; Costume Design by Jenna Bergstraesser. The Production Stage Manager is Maurie Gonzalez. BISEXUAL SADNESS is produced by Danna Hyams, Barbara Mulller Wittman and Ray Paolantonio.

Additionally, there will be a special enhanced staged reading of BISEXUAL SADNESS co-presented with the Los Angeles LGBT Center at the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center’s Renberg Theatre on Sunday, September 10 at 7pm.  Tickets for this staged reading are $15 – $20 and available at roadtheatre.org or at the following link: